Intervention Effectiveness Evaluation Criteria: Promoting Competitions and Raising the Bar

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Scharf, Ted ^a   Chapman, Larry ^b   Collins, Jim ^a   Limanowski, Julia ^a   Heaney, Cathy ^c   Goldenhar, Linda M ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

conference competitions; intervention evaluation criteria; occupational safety and health interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 39049127070     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.13.1.1     Document Type: Article

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